The Obj class is the base class for every other class in your game. It handles everything that a general object needs to be handled. Any of these methods can be used by any class.

Properties

• none

Methods

• void dispose()
  Discards the instance created by the new() method.
 
• heapPtr doit()
  Returns a pointer to the object.
 
• void init()
  In Obj, this is just an empty method which acts as a place holder.
 
• bool isKindOf(heapPtr pObj)
  Checks to see if the object is the same as, or a descendant of pObj.
 
• bool isMemberOf(heapPtr pObj)
  If pObj is a class, the object is an instance, and the object is the same species as pObj, it returns TRUE. Otherwise, it returns FALSE.
 
• heapPtr new()
  Creates an instance of the class and returns a pointer to it.
 
• void perform(heapPtr pObj[, params])
  Calls pObj's doit() method, then, all the methods/properties specified is params.
 
• bool respondsTo(selector aSelector)
  Checks to see if the object will respond to the specified selector (property or method). Call this before calling an object's method or accessing an object's property if you are unsure if the object actually contains it.
 
• void showSelf()
  Prints the object name to the screen in a message box.
 
• string showStr(string strBuf)
  Copies the object's name to strBuf. It returns a pointer to the string (strBuf).
 
• heapPtr yourself()
  Returns a pointer to the object.